Raspberry Pi - $35 Linux computer

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DJMK4 said:
What are the new models like? I did have the original one but sold it after a while

I will need something that can connect to a VPN server, and stream media over the web from my Plex server,possible? Running Plex from would be OK locally, but my media is hosted on a Plex server I access over a VPN.
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Anyone :p
 
anyone know what could be causing this?

i have samba set up so i can read and write to my pi attached storage that is then used for plex media server.

Every so often, about after a week, i have to restart the pi because all the files stop displaying when im browsing in windows. i can see the folders but they are all empty. restarting the pi fixes it immediately.

an ideas?
 
maj said:
You can try adding max_usb_current=1 to bottom of your config.txt which gives the option for more current over usb.

Plug SD card into computer and edit file using notepad. Saved me from buying a powered usb hub.
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Yep, did that to get my disk to show up. Its just unstable after a while of running.

utajoker said:
anyone know what could be causing this?

i have samba set up so i can read and write to my pi attached storage that is then used for plex media server.

Every so often, about after a week, i have to restart the pi because all the files stop displaying when im browsing in windows. i can see the folders but they are all empty. restarting the pi fixes it immediately.

an ideas?
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Yeah, I had that exact same problem. Try running a dmesg in the terminal to find out if there are any disk errors coming up, and it demounting the drive. I think my disk isn't getting enough power so it demounts the thing as the disk has an eppy.
 
Dunno yet. I was running mine straight from the pi. I have now put a usb3 y cable in, and am running power for my disk straight from the mains extension that has two USB ports on it. One for the pi, and the other now for the disk. It's been up for a day without issue so far. Need to leave it for a week.
 
Never had any problems with my portable hard drive with that line in the config file. Maybe I've just been lucky so far.
 
Anyone had any experience of moonlight on raspbian and xboxdrv? I can connect my controller to xboxdrv but when streaming the buttons don't work, and the up and down on the left stick dont work. When running xboxdrv config all axes seem to work fine....
 
Dr Delphi said:
Anyone had any experience of moonlight on raspbian and xboxdrv? I can connect my controller to xboxdrv but when streaming the buttons don't work, and the up and down on the left stick dont work. When running xboxdrv config all axes seem to work fine....
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Have a look at the moonlight github page and issues, theres a few solutions on there.
You may need to setup your own mapping file.
I've got my Xbox wireless controller working with the latest moonlight release.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
Have a look at the moonlight github page and issues, theres a few solutions on there.
You may need to setup your own mapping file.
I've got my Xbox wireless controller working with the latest moonlight release.
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Can you post your mapping file? It's weird that it can move left and right but not up and down. What is the command line that you run moonlight with?
 
Dr Delphi said:
Can you post your mapping file? It's weird that it can move left and right but not up and down. What is the command line that you run moonlight with?
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This is my mapping file which i call XBOX

abs_x = 0
abs_y = 1
abs_z = -1
reverse_x = false
reverse_y = true
abs_rx = 3
abs_ry = 4
abs_rz = -1
reverse_rx = false
reverse_ry = true
abs_deadzone = 0
abs_dpad_x = -1
abs_dpad_y = -1
reverse_dpad_x = false
reverse_dpad_y = false
btn_north = 308
btn_east = 305
btn_south = 304
btn_west = 307
btn_select = 314
btn_start = 315
btn_mode = 316
btn_thumbl = 317
btn_thumbr = 318
btn_tl = 310
btn_tr = 311
btn_tl2 = 312
btn_tr2 = 313
btn_dpad_up = 294
btn_dpad_down = 295
btn_dpad_left = 296
btn_dpad_right = 297


and I use the following command line

MOONLIGHT -BITRATE 2300 -APP (GAME NAME) -MAPPING XBOX STREAM (IP ADDRESS)
 
CrispyXUK said:
Nice one, actually did get it working in the end, had to use
Code: 
irrecord .config/lircd.conf
which got it going, finding it very unresponsive though.

Thanks for step3, very helpful.
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Try supplying 5v to leg 3 instead of 3.3v, I found some of the IR's I cannibalized from old/broken equipment wouldn't work correctly until they were supplied with 5v
 
utajoker said:
hmm i shall look in to how to do that.

my disk is powered by a powered usb hub tho. Have you managed to sort it?
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leaskovski said:
Dunno yet. I was running mine straight from the pi. I have now put a usb3 y cable in, and am running power for my disk straight from the mains extension that has two USB ports on it. One for the pi, and the other now for the disk. It's been up for a day without issue so far. Need to leave it for a week.
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maj said:
Never had any problems with my portable hard drive with that line in the config file. Maybe I've just been lucky so far.
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Ok, my pi has been running for 6 days now without issue, so putting a y USB cable in there and powering the disk via its own power looks to have settled it. Only time will tell, but originally, the disk was running fine for ages without issue, but for someone reason the last couple of weeks it had been playing up, but now it is back to normal with the its own power, so fingers crossed. Might we work giving it a try. I know some powered hubs aren't that brilliant (according to the PI forums).
 
Question:

For those who have a VPN running on their pi, are you able to VNC into it? I can VNC in over wifi from my phone, but when I connect my phone to the VPN on the pi, I cant VNC into it. Apparently its not possible but has anyone been able to do it?
 
C35799Gamble said:
Question:

For those who have a VPN running on their pi, are you able to VNC into it? I can VNC in over wifi from my phone, but when I connect my phone to the VPN on the pi, I cant VNC into it. Apparently its not possible but has anyone been able to do it?
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It might be to do with the fact that you have a tunnel and not a bridge, and thus traffic isnt able to go over the tun0 interface. I found similar issue with multicasts not being routed across subnets.
 
I wonder if anyone can help/advise. I came back home at lunchtime today and went to watch some stuff on my Kodi (RPi) and found it wouldn't boot. I was just getting a red flashing light (the power I think). So I went to pull the power out of it and damn nearly burnt myself, the 'sheath' at the end of the cable (going into the Pi) was damn hot! I pulled it out and the damn thing had actually melted a bit!

Now, my lounge is warm, but not excessively. Certainly not as hot as it has been the week before last, for example. I've swapped out the power cable for another one, and it seems to run fine. But I'm a bit scared now. Is this likely to be my Pi, or a faulty power cable? The power cable is getting it's power from a powered USB hub, so it goes like this:

PSU > USB Hub > RPi

Cheers!
 
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